Doug LaMalfa, a Republican congressman from Northern California, died on Tuesday in Chico, Calif., his office said.

The sudden death of Representative Doug LaMalfa, Republican of California, cast a pall over the first day of the new session of Congress on Tuesday, when House Republicans mourned their colleague and ...

LaMalfa represented part of Northern California, chaired the Congressional Western Caucus and was a major critic of California's Democrats who were successful in passing Prop. 50, a redrawing of congr...